Thursday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 4-1 | @ Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m. | Alvarez (3-3, 4.34) vs. Abel (3-8, 5.83) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 2-0 | @ Akron, 6:35 p.m. | Shuman (AA debut) vs. Mace (7-5, 4.01 |
| Wilmington | Lost, 5-3 | @ Hudson Valley, 1:35 p.m (DH). | Tepper (A+ debut) and Arias (4-1, 2.96) vs. TBD and Sellers (6-3, 2.43) |
| Fredericksburg | Lost, 4-1 | @ Columbia, 7:05 p.m. | Sthele (5-7, 5.14) vs. Arronde (4-7, 3.12) |
Abbreviated writeups this morning. Gotta be in D.C. early.
Rochester 4 Lehigh Valley 1
• Stuart 6⅔ IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 6K, HBP, WP
• Medina 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, 1-0 IR-S
• Crews 4-5, R, RBI, 2SB(10)
• Millas 2-5, R
Tyler Stuart was brilliant in his AAA debut (and he won!), pitching into the 7th and allowing just one run in a 4-1 Rochester win over Lehigh Valley. Dylan Crews went 4-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases while Carter Kieboom’s two-run HR in the 5th broke open a 2-1 game. Rico Garcia retired the side in order for his 18th save.
Akron 2 Harrisburg 0
• Lara (L, 8-6) 6IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 6K
• S. Reyes 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Pineda 1-3
• Lile 0-3, BB, SB(5)
The Senators were held in committe…er, to one hit in a 2-0 shutout by the RubberDucks. Andry Lara took the loss while notching his 12th quality start. Israel Pineda singled in the third while Daylen Lile walked and stole second for the two Harrisburg baserunners.
Hudson Valley 5 Wilmington 3
• Cornelio (L, 6-11) 4IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 5K, 86-47 PIT-K
• M. Diaz 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K
• Naranjo 1-4, R, HR, 2RBI
• Cruz 2-4, E(3)
It was too little, too late as Hudson Valley built a 5-0 lead after six and held on to win, 5-3. Wilmington got two in the 6th and one in the 7th but left the tying runs on in both the 8th and 9th innings. Riley Cornelio tied José Atencio for the org lead in losses with 11 as he labored through four innings, walking four and giving up one run and three hits. Joe Naranjo homered to break up the shuout while Armando Cruz singled twice and committed his third error since his social promotion.
Columbia 4 Fredericksburg 1
• Clemmey 5IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 5K
• C. Sanchez (BS, 1; L, 0-1) 1⅓ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K
• Pimentel 2-4
• Ochoa 1-4, 2B
Camilo Sanchez’s Low-A debut was one to forget as the 21-y.o. got the dreaded blown-save-loss by turning a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 deficit in an eventual 4-1 FredNats loss to the Fireflies. Alex Clemmey turned in five full, shutout innings for the first time for Fredericksburg with one hit, two walks, and five whiffs. Brandon Pimentel led the FredNats hit column with two singles while Nate Ochoa and Rafael Ramirez both doubled.
Lara was brilliant but tip the cap to that Rubber Duck ace !!
Lara made 23 starts in each of the last two seasons, yesterday was his 22nd for 2024. His innings this year are up roughly 20% as he’s going deeper into the games. the concern over the low K-rate has subsided a bit and by all measures a very successful season. it will be exciting to have a 22 year old in the AAA rotation next year, Herz was 23 and made the jump, who knows?!!
Bummer Rodney T was beginning to turn the corner
Ok Will
What is the stat like on Thursday Stehle??
Lol
If you are another team’s GM and a call comes in from Rizzo about a trade, do you answer? Stuart and Clemmey had nice games. Did anyone see them throw?
Stuart was perfect through six and Clemmey was mostly perfect. the more reliable statcast had Stuart throwing 93-95 occasionally touching 96 while the gun in Columbia had Clemmey 94-96. nice outings for each for sure.
Clemmey has that step across in his delivery that is basically working from the stretch, with the staff in Fburg getting Sykora to ditch his full windup I wonder hoe long ’til Clemmey does the same. if it’s good enough for Strasburg it’s good enough for me.
Kudos to the Nats’ scouts for seeing something in Stuart that the prospect gurus didn’t. And kudos to those who work with pitchers in the Nats’ system for making the improvement tweaks. Stuart looks ready to follow Herz’s lead straight to MLB rotation time the season after being acquired.
And Clemmey is a higher-rated prospect than Stuart. He, Sykora, and Susana are quite the next generation of the cavalry, not to mention a recovering Bennett. Lara is in between, as he’ll have to be added to the 40-man during the coming offseason. I’m so glad they were patient with him and didn’t give him the Adon rush treatment.
Story with Bennett come back road ?
Another good game for Millas. Ruiz’s SLG has been good in recent weeks. But Drew needs to get a chance. “He really does.” He has not had much of one, with 58 total MLB ABs in his career as I recall. Even with Drew’s supposed failure, his OPS in his limited ABs is about the same as the other two. Let both Ruiz and Millas play for Nats and see who emerges as better in this defensive position and as a hitter. Teams with poor records can afford to see what they have. And take contract considerations out of the equation. A team’s “commitment” is not to dollars committed to one guy but to building the best team it can. If Ruiz emerges, that’s a win too.